Sexed Hereford Semen

[tnwalkingred]

Anyone know where I can get some sexed (heifer) semen on Hereford bulls? Seems liked sexed semen on any breed of bull is becoming very hard to find.

KW

 

[cow pollinater]

ABS has R294 sorted and at least one other bull as I recall. If you're okay with polled bulls R294 is a really great bull too so you're not giving anything up just to have the desired sex.

 

[tnwalkingred]

Yeah I just found R294 and also the On Target bull that Accelerated has. They both look like good bulls to me. Any experience with either of these bulls?

KW

 

[cow pollinater]

I've only seen two R294's and they were good cattle. I've seen tons of Domino3027's that I really like though and they are maternal brothers.

 

[ez14]

do you get very good % of breed cows using sexed semen on cows the a.i. breeder i talk to said he would only use it on heifers

 

[cow pollinater]

do you get very good % of breed cows using sexed semen on cows the a.i. breeder i talk to said he would only use it on heifers

It's a better product than it used to be but I still don't like it on cows. The economics don't work when you consider the value of a live calf of ether sex versus more open cows for the desired sex. That being said last winter I averaged 3.2 services per conception with it on high producing dairy cattle. Not even close to what I was getting done with conventional but still viable.